1. Chapter 5, section 3 Pgs. 112-115

2. Agents of Socialization Agents of Socialization: describe the specific individuals, groups, and institutions that enable socialization to take place. In the United States the primary agents of socialization are Family Peer group School & Mass Media

3. The Family The family is the most important agent in most societies. Children first interact with others and first learn values, norms and beliefs from their families. There are deliberate and unintended interactions. Deliberate: Father teaching his child to tell the truth. Unintended: A child learns what they see: parents being rude to someone teaches bad manners.

4. The Peer Group As children grow forces outside of the family begin to influence socialization. Peer group: a primary group composed of individuals of roughly the same age and similar social characteristics. Particularly influential during teen years. Peer acceptance is important and without it teens can be labeled as misfits, outsiders, or other negative term. To gain acceptance young people accept or adopt values, and standards of their peers.

5. Peer Group cont. Teens shape themselves into what they think their peers want. Differs from family influence because the goals and beliefs of the teen group are sometimes at odds with those of society on a whole. This behavior is often alarming to parents when they believe the influence of the peers is more important than those of society as a whole.

6. The School Socialization in schools is mostly deliberate. Class activities are planned to teach Reading Writing Math Concentration/focus School functions such as games, dances, clubs prepare the student for life in the larger society. Schools also attempt to convey other values List some of these other values

7. The Mass Media Involves no face to face interaction. Mass Media: instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between those sending information and those receiving it. Major forms include: internet, magazines, newspapers, radio, and tv Television is the most influential. Most children watch 28 hours a week Some studies show children becoming desensitized to suffering. Television can also be used as an educational tool to show things people may never had the opportunity to see

8. Re-socialization Total Institution: a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to tight control. Prisons, military (boot) camp, monasteries, psychiatric hospitals Re-socialization: involves a break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms. This is directed at changing an individual’s personality or behavior.